Tunisia, 24 jul (PL) a Tunisian official spokesman today announced the identification of the intellectual and material authors of the assassination of the left-wing Tunisian leader Chukry Belaid, whose death set off a Government crisis in this country.

Belaid was shot dead in front of his residence in the capital on February 6 by unknown and from the start accusing indexes pointed toward entities Salafists which was a harsh critic, as well as that of the Government which indicated excessive tolerance with radical Muslims.

Details on the sponsors of the attack and the perpetrators of the murder will be revealed shortly by the Minister of the Interior, said Noureddin B'Hiri, Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister Alí Larayedh. Photographs of suspected of having planned and executed the attack were circulated in April last year, when there were some arrests, but had not registered progress in investigations. LAC / MSL